Last Day Is For The Children<\/h2>\n
Besides an optimistic weather forecast and staying open an extra day, Sierra-at-Tahoe really turned up the volume by offering lift tickets for only $35. You read that right THIRTY-FIVE BUCKS!!! What could be better than that? How about all the proceeds from the lift tickets benefit youth recreation and education including baseball, soccer, swimming and other youth activities in South Lake Tahoe. Talk about making you feel good about spending your hard-earned cash.<\/p>\n
Sleep In & Get Powder<\/h2>\n
Instead of starting at the typical 9 am, they gave all the employees an opportunity to sleep in and started the lifts turning at 10. With the snow coming down at an intense rate, we couldn\u2019t hold ourselves back and ended up being 40 minutes early. The energy in the lift line was infectious as old friends as well as new ones each talked about the snow. Then at 9:48, one of the managers walked up and yelled over the crowd, \u201cThank you for being our loyal customers and to show our gratitude we\u2019re opening up the lifts one more time for four hours AND twelve minutes.\u201d The gathering erupted in cheers.<\/p>\n
Organic Non-GMO Snow!<\/h2>\n
<\/span> As we ascended Grandview, the blank canvas below the lift looked enticing. As the cold snow lightly drifted down, we exited the lift and headed looker\u2019s left. Quickly ratcheting our bindings, we turned and pointed it down the fall-line. The snow had covered everything including any moguls that existed. Taking massive turns down the face, huge plumes of snow flew past us. Only one word would describe it: GLORIOUS!<\/p>\n <\/span> No lift lines & epic snow\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We stopped for a moment to take it all in. Looking around, there isn\u2019t a SINGLE person anywhere. The quiet sound of falling snow is deafening. Jaime and I look at each other and smile. This is the BEST day of the season. Together, we head back down the slope bouncing from side to side through the magnificently soft snow. We make it back to Grandview lift and see NO ONE in line either. Our jaws drop.<\/p>\n Sliding right onto the lift, we head back up. We continue to lap Grandview over and over and over finding untracked powder everywhere we look. It\u2019s unbelievable. Taking a quick barley pop break to give our legs a rest, the snow is just too good to finish up the day. So, we head back out. While the steep trees might\u2019ve been a bit bony, nearly every main trail was bananas. And, you didn\u2019t even have to worry about hitting another person. It was heaven on earth. Finally finishing up the day, we unstrap and absorb the moment. Grinning from ear to ear, I say out loud, \u201cNow THIS is how you finish a season right.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span> Now THIS is how you finish off a season<\/strong><\/p>\n While\u00a0Alpine Meadows may be our happy place<\/a>\u00a0on the north shore for\u00a0spring skiing,<\/a>\u00a0Sierra-at-Tahoe will ALWAYS be #1 in my heart<\/a>\u00a0for all of Lake Tahoe. From how they manage the mountain to caring about the community, it\u2019s one of the few resorts left in the basin that does it right. In their immortal words, \u201cThey\u2019re certified unserious.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What makes a legendary day on the slopes? For us, it comes down to three things: great snow,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7626,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7625\/revisions\/7626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Closing](\"\/\/localfreshies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sierra-2018_04_15-Just-Snow-e1524095821765-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/span><\/p>\nNo one is here<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nRinse & Repeat<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nSierra-at-Tahoe is #1 in our books<\/h2>\n
As the saying always goes\u2026 \u201cYou should\u2019ve been there.\u201d We\u2019ve now been to both Sierra\u2019s and\u00a0Kirkwood\u2019s closing day<\/a>\u00a0and will finish off with Heavenly\u2019s this weekend. Will Heavenly beat out Sierra\u2019s \u201cepic\u201d day? We doubt it but of course look forward to riding another day none the less.<\/h4>\n